Irish Examiner readership soars by 17%

THE Irish Examiner has confirmed its position as Ireland’s most dynamic newspaper, adding thousands of daily readers over the past year while its competitors lost thousands.

The independently audited Joint National Readership Survey (JNRS) figures show that this newspaper gained 36,000 extra readers a day between June 2004 and June 2005.

In contrast, the Irish Independent lost 27,000 daily readers and the Irish Times 12,000 in the same period.